'''Basic Trope''': A list of 3 or more things ends on the weakest point.* '''Straight''': Alice is listing off a number of reasons not to date Bob. It goes as follows: "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and he leaves the toilet seat up."* '''Exaggerated''': ** "He's killed every girlfriend he's had, he sells heroin to children, and his haircut makes his ears look big."** "He's sentenced to jail for life imprisonment because of mass murder, but he escaped, he's on the FBI top ten most wanted list, and he wears a silly hat."** "Emperor Evulz, YouMonster! You want to result EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, YouKilledMyFather and you mocked [[TheLancer Alice]]."** ArsonMurderAndLifesaving* '''Downplayed''': "He doesn't say 'please' or 'thank you', he snaps at people for every slight, and he only eats his pasta with marinara sauce."* '''Justified''':** [[NoodleIncident For some twisted reason]], leaving the toilet seat up is really the worst crime in Alice's book.** Alice is listing the reasons by order of priority, and the next-to-last item is notably worse than the last.** [[ItMakesSenseInContext The toilet seat is secretly a device which activates a killer blade if it's been set up for too long, which would kill any unsuspecting person going to the toilet]].** Alice listed leaving the toilet seat up last, but that doesn't mean she thinks it's the worst.** Alice is an alien with BlueAndOrangeMorality, and in her society leaving the toilet seat up is a serious crime.* '''Inverted''':** "[[BreadEggsMilkSquick He leaves the toilet seat up, he wears a hat at the dinner table, and he supplies terrorists with plutonium.]]"** Alice lists reasons why Bob is awesome, saying "He saves lives, he is never rude, and he makes great pasta."* '''Subverted''': "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and he leaves the toilet seat up...then he beat his last girlfriend with said toilet seat."* '''Double Subverted''': "...''And'' his haircut makes his ears look big!"* '''Parodied''': Carol and Diane are listening as Alice lists off her reasons. They react with casual indifference as the allegations the he drinks a lot and cheats, but react with incredible shock when they find out he leaves the toilet seat up.* '''Zig Zagged''': "...and he also beat his last [[BiTheWay boyfriend]]. ''And'' he has a silly haircut! ''And'' I think he does heroin! ''And''..."* '''Averted''': All of the items on the list are equally bad, or equally trivial problems.* '''Enforced''':** "Well, we're almost out of comedy gags... wait! We haven't used the BaitAndSwitch list yet!"** "It's a lighthearted show, we can't have this list of horrible things without something to break the tension."* '''Lampshaded''': "Wow, you've really don't have your priorities in order."* '''Invoked''': "So, Alice, why won't you date Bob again?"* '''Exploited''': ???* '''Defied''': "I know he leaves the toilet seat up, but in the grand scheme of things, it's not that important."* '''Discussed''': "If you want to be truly convincing, be sure to always end on the strongest note. The other way around is just silly."* '''Conversed''': "Why did she include that last thing last? That doesn't seem so bad."* '''Deconstructed''':** Alice's priorities are so incredibly screwed up that she's unable to see the forest through the trees...** See also: JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is just being humorous, and people realize that.* '''Played For Drama''': Bob mentions jaywalking when listing his own crimes, which shows that he doesn't see any difference between murder and jaywalking.* '''Untwisted''': "Please list your reasons by order of priority." "He drinks a lot, he's a philanderer, and he [[KickTheDog kicks dogs around in the street.]] By which I mean hot dogs."----First you must cross a mountain, then you must cross a river, then you must go back to ArsonMurderAndJaywalking. [[SubvertedTrope Then you must fly around the world,]] [[DoubleSubversion then you must]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV tropes,]] [[RunningGag and then you must kill your pet cat and sacrifice it, then go outside and soak up some rays,]] [[OverlyLongGag and the you must go to Mars. Make sure to take a Mars bar with you, too, and a knife. Oh, and also, can you wash the dishes? There's blood on them.]]----%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:%%%%* '''Implied''': ???%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???